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Show mm sqtio i I r, ti -:, i t f S LL a l.sJ s;U i mi J v f n r 7- r 5"- ' ' ) (j1 v !! :1 F l P HO iij.Tj .', L ii i-'iit s it Li Bom-Ion Wood Still Reeking With Poisonous Gases and Towns Reoccupied Masses or Kums. CONSTANT FIRING BY THE BRITISH General Eyng's Men Now at Home in the Comfortable Dugouts Which Once Housed Teutons. BRITISH II i-.'ADQi: AliT KUS IX l-'IfAXCK, Friday, ). 7 (By the As--ui'i:ih!(l Press). Thu (Jcrniiui.s to.hiy r(inl.iiiin:'l ri'Oi'cupyin the ,li.v:ist;itcil :i rim l!(iir:il lniit to tlmm by tho Jirit-ish Jirit-ish wln.ii lliMU'rul I'.ynK mii'lo liis witk-ili-iiwul fi-inn 1 1 1 e Canibnu salient. It wast an unsavory task that faced l he nnriiiy. 'I'll r: ISoiui'in wood still was recking will, poisonous as ; GnlilH'Olirt, A niKMix, CntniniiiKt KoyfHi, .Mnrcoing and MaMiii'fi'S wen; a wa.Mli of ruins, an. I t lie lowdvin:,' Krnuml on which the tii-rniiuiH aj.arratlv had planned to dij,' their new trenches was overlooked liv 1 lit; I Jril ish posit ions. 'In this desert; the. big gam were hurlint; tons of explosives and machine, gunners were whipping a constant stream of InilV.ls into the ranks of the ueinv sent I'urKar.l prospecting for a desiralilo point, awihildo for them. P.tilisli Comfortable. Meanwhile! the major portion of the P.ritish army was sitting comfortably in its new homo in what was formerly the famous II iuilenburg trenches. The wonderful Herman dugouts ami network net-work of front, lino and communication trenches were all at the disposal of the Tommies, who look with unconcerned iatisfactioa at the former occupants, who are now laboring miserably to build underground habitations. f'htine; continued today at many points between advanced patrols of the Itritish ami (lennans. Ju the region of La Yacquerie the Germans tfave no indication they had renewed their attempt at-tempt to drive the .British from tho hih ground north of La Yuequerie vi liaise. Numbers Unknown. It is impossible, of course, to give au adequate estimate of tho number of German troops employed in these operations, hut it is probably not far out of the way to say that the enemy has something liko I'oO.OHO men. Alany recently have been forwarded from other fronts. The British withdrawal loaves the British in full possession of tho Hin-denbure; Hin-denbure; line between the Nord canal and Yillers-PIouich. Kast of Yillers-Blouich Yillers-Blouich the British line crosses the svstem. ami then southwest toward Gauche wood, which the 'British still hold. The new positions are strong and the Germans are giving indications that thee intend to dig themselves in along the lino a respectful distance from it. i 't-..,-. T'i.- (.; M " r i r.-rr ts:. ei i-- -I..-M.' I ' i . ' ' as u, ;Im- . ;:a.-i .'.'i:n '.. , . or tl..- : :: r "v.iti: !..-,( , " Afr. ''m.,i:i ,.,',.' f Ho',' ( ' i !..-., v i: -.. i . ,vn a u-:v h irdv Ton:;,:" - j v. ho Kid he.-, l b-hir. 1 b.-W ill, t.;e ; 1 bi al-r.-s nv.-r the Nord .-.,r.-il. T:e ; ph- ,,: ;, about d:t v liy bt W -i i : e-1 i V ;:.i ( , : e ' ;,-(,:.! , : 1 le ir lir.st i'M Un.ii .oil : ' ! )-. I :i,o ii.C- ii;.imi;i 1 a foot. ; h-i-na - n -eout.- wor k i r : I f . i-i oae ;. t i ' or.na ! -.- a a rid tie- J P;-M! Ii aiiaia n ac- i.: i ie, -;i 1 y aetivx I |